Archive for the ‘ Humor ’ Category

A Good Perspective in São Paulo

Great use of design, color and perspective. love it. Via CoolHunting and Arrested Motion: Five Spanish artists take graffiti and mural painting to the streets of Vila Brâsilandia in São Paulo, Brazil. The favela’s winding streets are given a 3D effect with brilliant colors and words that are legible from specific points of perspective. Boa [ READ MORE ]

Underwater Dogs

I’m a little late to this post, but it’s charming and hilarious enough to post anyway. Photographer Seth Casteel has created a great niche of shooting high-speed underwater photography of dogs, and their intense faces underwater show the complete commitment of their actions. It reminds me why I love dogs. Great work, Seth[ READ MORE ]

The Size of the Universe

Scale is sometimes hard to quantify. What is the size of a cell compared to a Redwood tree?  How big is ‘outer space’?  This clever little Flash website gives you a cartoon view of scale that will amaze you. &nbsp[ READ MORE ]

Classic L.L. Bean Covers, Recreated

Via Laughing Squid: For their 100 year anniversary celebration, Maine-based outdoor retailer L.L. Bean brought on commercial photographer Randal Ford to create modern-day photo reinterpretations of their classic catalog cover art from the past. For the photo of the 1933 catalog cover art, Ford shot the images of local residents at Maine’s Acadia National Park [ READ MORE ]

Sports from the past: Cycle Skating

Via swissmiss, I thought this was a charming look back at a sport you don’t see anymore[ READ MORE ]

Dog POV

Dog slo-mo is always fun, especially from the pooch’s point of view[ READ MORE ]

Venn Diagram of the Day: How Would You Like Your Graphic Design?

For those of us in the design field, especially us freelancers, this hits home. Via Tricia Chin and Colin Harman[ READ MORE ]

Oh the Places You’ll Go! (At Burning Man)

2011 was my first year at Burning Man, and it honestly blew away all expectations.   Forget your stereotypes, and go[ READ MORE ]

Kubrick Moments

Stanley Kubrick in animated GIF glory. Via Gustaf Mantel and You Might Like This[ READ MORE ]

Metta World Peace: Odd indeed

On a less-designy note, the NBA basketball season has started, and as a semi-fan, I have caught a couple of games.  I was mystified and amused/impressed to hear that Los Angeles Laker Ron Artest has legally changed his name to Metta World Peace. What?   In his words, “Changing my name was meant to inspire [ READ MORE ]

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